Considerations on COM(2019)364 - EU position Association Council EU-Morocco with regard to the adoption recommendation on extension of the EU-Morocco Action Plan implementing the advanced status (2013-2018)

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dossier COM(2019)364 - EU position Association Council EU-Morocco with regard to the adoption recommendation on extension of the EU-Morocco Action ...
document COM(2019)364 EN
date October  7, 2019
 
table>(1)The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part (1) (the ‘Agreement’) entered into force on 1 March 2000.
(2)Pursuant to Article 80 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, the Association Council may issue recommendations.

(3)The Association Council is to adopt, by means of an Exchange of Letters, a recommendation for a further extension of the EU-Morocco Action Plan implementing the advanced status (2013-2017) (‘Action Plan’) of two years.

(4)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the Association Council with regard to the adoption of a recommendation approving the Action Plan, as the recommendation is binding on the Union.

(5)The extension of the Action Plan will constitute the basis of EU-Morocco relations for 2019 and 2020 and will enable new priority areas for EU-Morocco relations to be established for the years ahead,